Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 147 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 40% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.79 on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 23, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.21 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.19% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 220,379 acre feet

This is 161.9% of the average of 136,122 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 108,499 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 110,303 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,880 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 275.76% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 82.38% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.16 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.91 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.17 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6032.79
-0.01
986,927
370
312
61.7
28.0
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
375
317
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
227
320
57.6
26.6
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6032.85
-0.03
987,523
280
323
45.5
25.0
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
431
324
38.1
27.9
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
435
329
31.6
24.3
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6032.88
-0.03
987,821
276
320
44.1
29.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6032.91
-0.05
988,119
166
311
47.5
32.7
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6032.96
0.00
988,616
368
306
60.8
32.9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
367
306
55.2
28.4
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
6032.95
0.01
988,516
368
307
53.6
31.6
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
285
325
52.7
37.8
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
284
324
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-3935
321
56.7
34.5
Averages of List
6032.89
-0.01
987,963
21.2
317.5
51.2
30.4

Averages for February 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.32
-14.53
1,203,510
519.66
688.85
48.64
25.40
All-Time
6032.90
-0.11
1,094,801
509.39
793.67
48.64
25.40

Last 10 February 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Feb 24, 2025
6036.95
-4.16
1,028,917
248
382
63.4
32.0
Sat, Feb 24, 2024
6041.88
-9.09
1,080,551
226
392
52.7
35.0
Fri, Feb 24, 2023
6017.41
15.38
843,290
243
304
43.7
26.2
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
6018.20
14.59
850,212
278
347
36.0
20.0
Wed, Feb 24, 2021
6034.44
-1.65
1,053,911
264
398
57.0
27.0
Mon, Feb 24, 2020
6055.96
-23.17
1,297,267
272
403
59.0
27.0
Sun, Feb 24, 2019
6015.01
17.78
866,202
168
285
n/a
n/a
Sat, Feb 24, 2018
6051.86
-19.07
1,247,569
892
869
36.0
17.0
Fri, Feb 24, 2017
6058.97
-26.18
1,334,769
1575
984
41.0
21.0
Wed, Feb 24, 2016
6064.11
-31.32
1,400,968
751
460
45.0
21.0
Averages of List
6039.46
-6.67
1,100,220
518
525
50.6
23.2


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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